Introduction: This is the first lesson of the second week in this unit.
Objective: Students will learn that position is the location of an object and that a position can be stable or unstable through the experiment linked below.
Focus question: What is position?
Students will be introduced to the following vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
Balance
Shape
Balance point
Counterweight
Stable
Weight
Clay
Introduction: This is the first lesson of the second week in this unit.
Objective: Students will learn that position is the location of an object and that a position can be stable or unstable through the experiment linked below.
Focus question: What is position?
Students will be introduced to the following vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
Balance
Shape
Balance point
Counterweight
Stable
Weight
Clay
Guided Practice
Experiment students will use to explore concept:
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/superdoit/balancingstick.html
Independent work:
Students will record their findings in their science journals.
Independent Work station:
Students will use Quizlet to study vocabulary for this lesson since it will be used throughout the unit.
http://quizlet.com
Closure?- How do you know the students "got it"?